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The term ''Leib Guard'' (, from Regiments ; they became the most distinguished Guards units and their officers took an active part in the "Palace Revolutions" of the Empresses Elisabeth and Catherine The Great . Over time, some Dragoon , Hussar and Cossack regiments joined the Leib Guard , as well as ''Guards Equippage'', a Naval squadron. The ethnic Finnish Sharp-shooter Battallion of Guard was added in 1829 and promoted to Old Guard in 1879. Every soldier and officer of the Guard had the style ''of the Leib Guard'' (Лейб-гвардии ...), for example: ''Colonel of the Leib Guard'' (Лейб-гвардии полковник). Note that the Monarch himself functioned as the commander of the Leib Guard regiments, so only he and some members of Royal Family could hold a title of Colonel (Polkovnik) of the Guards. Commissioned officers enjoyed a two-grade elevation in the Table Of Ranks over Regular Army officers; this later changed to a one-grade elevation -- first for the ''New Guards'' then for the rest of the Leib Guard. Following the abolition of the rank of Major in 1884 , most grades below VII shifted one position upwards, effectively returning to those of the '''''Old Guards'''''. SEE ALSO |
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